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Ichi the Killer

 

Japan 2001, 129 minutes
Dir. Takashi Miike
In Japanese with English subtitles
Rating: [R18]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Action/Adventure / Psycho, Controversy

 

Aroview: Dir. Takashi Miike earned his notoriety with this wincingly violent revenge thriller in which a bent ex-cop (played by "Tetsuo" director, Tsukamoto) wreaks havoc in the Shinjuku underworld by turning the gangsters of Japan against each other like rabid pit-bulls.

At the hub of the chaos is a masochistic, relentless Yakuza called Kakihara who seeks revenge for the killing of his boss, but meets his match in the physical powerful psychopath known as Ichi the Killer. Its interludes of hardcore sadism and sexual violence have stuck in censor's throats the world over, though it cuts merciful slack with its dashes of black comedy.

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